When did Telugu people migrate to Tamil Nadu?

MADURAI: A large number of Telugu speaking people from various parts of Andhra Pradesh started migrating towards Tamil Nadu during the 16th century and when the Nayak rule flourished in Madurai, they started settling in this part of the state as these rulers appointed them to various posts in their administration.

What is the Andhra Pradesh language?

Telugu
Telugu is the official and most widely spoken language in Andhra Pradesh.

What do you call people from Andhra?

Telugu people (Telugu: తెలుగువాళ్లు, Romanization: Teluguvāḷlu), also rendered as Telugus, are one of the four major and the largest Dravidian ethnolinguistic group in terms of population native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and the Yanam district of Puducherry.

Who are the native Kannada speakers of Tamil Nadu?

Kannada-speakers are native to Karnataka, located north-west of Tamil Nadu. Kannada is the third-most spoken language in Tamil Nadu followed by 2.8\%. There are more than 20 lakhs Kannadigas in Tamil Nadu.

What is the percentage of native speakers of Tamil in India?

Native speakers of Tamil make up 88.43\% of the total population of Tamil Nadu and 6.32\% of the total population of India making it the fifth-most spoken language in the country.

How many people speak Telugu in Tamil Nadu?

According to the 2001 census, Telugu is spoken by 5.65\% of the population of Tamil Nadu, making it the second-most spoken language in the state. There are 65 Lakhs Andhraites in Tamil Nadu. The recent migrants from Andhra Pradesh speak Telugu, while the older migrants are bilingual in both Telugu and Tamil.

What is the history of Tamil Nadu?

The history of Tamil Nadu from the mid-17th century to 1946 is the story of the British-controlled Madras Presidency in relationship to the rise and fall of British power in India. After Indian independence in 1947, the Madras Presidency became Madras state.